This Legal Change Could Threaten the EU Ban on Sales of Animal-Tested Cosmetics
Posted by Anne
Most people understand what is meant by a marketing ban: that certain goods are not allowed to be sold – right? Wrong, at least according to EU Court of Justice Advocate General Michal Bobek. Last week, Bobek provided the European Court with his legal opinion in response to a judicial review of the marketing ban on cosmetics tested on animals. The case had been prompted by the European Federation for Cosmetic Ingredients …
PETA.org.uk (press release) (blog) – March 24, 2016
www.peta.org.uk/blog/legal-cha…
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Japan Fleet Returns Amid Controversy After Killing 333 Whales In The Antarctic
Lisa Carley
A whaling fleet from Japan returned from the Antarctic on Thursday with a haul of more than 300 whales, angering critics who oppose the killings, which are done in the name of scientific research.
Two years ago, the International Court of Justice (IJC) ruled that Japan’s Antarctic whaling program was not so scientific as it had been claimed, and Tokyo was under order to stop killing ( www.nytimes.com/aponline/2016/… ) the whales, according to the New York Times.
Whaling commercially was banned in 1986, but whaling for scientific research is not. Some who oppose the loophole say it’s a cover for commercial whaling because the surplus that is not used for scientific research is sold. Some of the meat is even used in school lunches …
The Inquisitr – March 24, 2016
Japan Fleet Returns Amid Controversy After Killing 333 Whales In The Antarctic
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Victory! CBS Drops Plans to Hire Abusive Tiger Trainer (Video)
Written by Alisa Mullins
The CBS TV show Zoo has canceled its plans to hire notorious animal trainer Michael Hackenberger ( headlines.peta.org/uno-tiger-a… ) after seeing PETA’s video exposing the Bowmanville Zoo owner’s training methods …
PETA (press release) (blog) – March 24, 2016
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